Taipei just broke ground on a twisting skyscraper that is wrapped with a jungle of vertical gardens! Designed by <a href="http://vincent.callebaut.org/javaslider.php?img=taipei&amp;titre=Vincent">Vincent Callebaut Architecture</a>, the 42,355-square-meter (455,000-square-foot) Agora Tower will have an orchard, a vegetable garden, space for aromatic and medicinal plants, and a compost and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/cista-rainwater-cachement-by-moss-sund-and-figforty/">rainwater capture system</a> - and that's just the beginning.

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Construction on the twisting Agora Tower in Taipei has broken ground

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Mimicking two encircling hands or DNA, the towers are wrapped around a central core

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

This design facilitates a host of cascading balconies

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Visitors to the tower will cross a moat to reach the entrance

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

The interior boasts a host of living walls as well

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

A circular light funnel pushes daylight all the way to the basement of the building

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Each luxury apartment will boast 540 square meters of space

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Low E glass ensures optimal daylight without excess solar gain

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Each balcony will have an orchard, vegetable garden, and even space for composting

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

The luxury tower is located in the Xinyin District of Taipei

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

The unusual design maximizes space and warps perspective

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Once complete, this may well be the greenest tower of its kind.

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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut

Taipei just broke ground on a twisting skyscraper that is wrapped with a jungle of vertical gardens! Designed by Vincent Callebaut Architecture, the 42,355-square-meter (455,000-square-foot) Agora Tower will have an orchard, a vegetable garden, space for aromatic and medicinal plants, and a compost and rainwater capture system - and that's just the beginning.